Her Sunday dress

Remember my maternity dress that I wanted to turn into Ella’s Sunday dress? I am not sure if I will have the courage to cut it. Donald said sayang because I paid $25 for it but he said I can do what I want with it because it’s my dress. I am still thinking of the design.

So last Sunday, I found an Ukay-Ukay skirt for $1.5.

I wanted to make a dress for Ella so much because she has outgrown almost all of her dress. So I made her a simple Sunday dress out of it.

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Sunday dress

Why do chores are not so much fun to do? And we can’t go on with everyday life without doing them? Laundry is piling up again and again but am thinking about sewing a dress for Ella instead. Well she has grown taller (can they stop growing for a while?) and all but one dress fits her nicely. I don’t want her wearing jeans to church and buying new dress is not a priority this time. I have this maternity dress that I really love.

I have no decent photo in this dress so here’s a somewhat acceptable one during the Buntis Party last March 8, 2009. What I love in this dress aside from the print and the cut is the neckline and the accent buttons. Read the rest of this entry »

They grow like weeds

Eman and I had a short play after the worship service, the come-catch-my-nose that we loved to play with Ella when she was still a baby.

We were so strangely early to be ready for the Sunday worship. Eman, my alarm clock, woke me up at the same time that he does each day. I already prepared my lesson for the kids, made their snacks and ironed our Sunday dresses last night so we are pretty much left without nothing to do than to take a bath. Ella wouldn’t want to wear the dress I picked but I insisted because she will outgrow it tomorrow. hahahahaha! Not really that soon but you know how kids grow so quick like weeds. Read the rest of this entry »